A machete is a jungle survival tool, something like an over-sized cleaver with a long blade., usually 3 to 5 mm thick. The word “Machete” is probably derived from the Spanish, the word macho, alluded to “a strong Male. It was also used to refer to a sledgehammer. In the English-speaking Caribbean such as Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term "cutlass" is used for these agricultural tools.